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Cleveland, Anna

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September 14,1860

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﻿Poughkeepsie September 15™1 1860 Dear Miss Cleveland Your Note of this Morning is before me which among many others like import I have carefully filed away as a testi- mony of the numerious wants of an Institution as that contemplated by the "Vassar Female College,11 &c If in the good Providence of God my life and health should be spared untill next spring I hope to commence building, but considering the magnitude of the work it may require some two years from this time before it... Show more﻿Poughkeepsie September 15™1 1860 Dear Miss Cleveland Your Note of this Morning is before me which among many others like import I have carefully filed away as a testi- mony of the numerious wants of an Institution as that contemplated by the "Vassar Female College,11 &c If in the good Providence of God my life and health should be spared untill next spring I hope to commence building, but considering the magnitude of the work it may require some two years from this time before it can be opened for practical uses. Be assured dear Miss Cleveland your name will be early enrolled upon its records for admission &c With much regards I subscribe myself Yrs very Respectfully M. Vassar 34 tmBrooklyn, Sept 14/60 Mr. Vassar, Dear Sir I have heard what you imlimpate building a Female College, where young ladies may for a slight-re-muneralotion obtain a thorough education. I could not listen to such a project without feting my heart bound with great SOMETHING towards the divide of it. None but those who have SOMETHING and struggles for an education knows how to appreciate your beneficial enterprise. Men have ten thousand rempatims, but for an intelligent woman there seems to be but one of all congenial to her taste, and that is touching; cripple her in her education and that one is cut-off. I commenced at the early age of fifteen to teach, and with only such an imperfect education as I then had, I have taught four years, but there has not been one day in all that time that-I have not earnestly wished may: prayed that I might some day continue my studies. But I will try and wait patiently now until your College in finished; be good enough to please my name at the heard of the list of pupils. Miss. Passan may wonder why, as there are so many schools in the land that I do not go to one of those. But there is no schools of which I know where the charges are less than $200 per year and it would take four years to save that amount. No: I must wait until some one shall build a school where tuition and board can be perjured at a less price than that. Let me thank you again that you have thought of undertaking it; and i hope that all young ladies who desire an education as sincerely as i do, may be abel to attend it. May heaven bless you in your enterprise. Anna Cleveland Anna Cleaveland Sept 15, 1864 Show less

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Vassar, Matthew, 1792-1868

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Poughkeepsie September 15th 1860 Dear Miss Cleveland Your note of this morning is before me which among many others like [impart] I have carefully filed away as a testimony of the numerious[sic] wants of an Institution as that contemplated by the “Vassar Female College” etc. If in the good Providence of God my life and health should be shared untill[sic] next spring I hope to commence building, but considering the magnitude of the work it may require some two years from this time before it... Show morePoughkeepsie September 15th 1860 Dear Miss Cleveland Your note of this morning is before me which among many others like [impart] I have carefully filed away as a testimony of the numerious[sic] wants of an Institution as that contemplated by the “Vassar Female College” etc. If in the good Providence of God my life and health should be shared untill[sic] next spring I hope to commence building, but considering the magnitude of the work it may require some two years from this time before it can be opened for practical uses. Be assured dear Miss Cleveland your name will be early enrolled upon its records for admission etc. With much regards I subscribe myself Yours very Respectfully M. Vassar Show less